10 people die from snakebite in Dang in one year

When time was running out. After being taken to Rapti Institute of Health Sciences at Ghorahi at 8 o'clock in the evening, the doctor declared him dead.

Ghanshyam Pathak, an 11-year-old boy from Tulsipur-2, was bitten by a snake on the night of June 6 while he was sleeping in his room. As soon as the snake bit him, Ghanshyam informed his grandmother.

Grandma couldn't believe how a snake came inside the house. After lighting the lamp and throwing the blanket, the snake was wrapped around the child's waist. He was immediately taken to Rapti Provincial Hospital Tulsipur on a motorcycle.

The health workers assigned to the provincial hospital could not find the place where the snake bit him and he was referred to the Rapti Institute of Health Sciences, Ghorahi. During the treatment of Ghanshyam, who lost his mother due to snake bite eight years ago, the doctor informed him that he could not be saved.

These are only representative events. According to the District Police Office, nine people died in Dang in the financial year 2078/79 and six in 2079/80. According to the statistics of the District Police Office, 10 people have died in Dang so far this fiscal year and 178 people have been bitten by snakes.

Shambhu Achaya, the shopkeeper of District Emergency Operation Center Dang, said that snakebitten patients succumbed to the superstitions in the family and society and spent time in work such as taking out the poison by sucking and sucking.

Relatives of the patients complain about the carelessness of the health workers as even the patients who reached the hospital on time lost their lives. Doctors say that some people die from snake bites because they do not recognize snakes and come to the hospital late. Umakant Tiwari, the National Trainer of Snakebite at Rapti Health Science Academy, urges you to go to the hospital immediately if you are bitten by a snake.

Recently, even though they were referring from one hospital to another, some people died prematurely, he said. He says that premature death can be avoided if the snake is bitten and immediately identified and rushed to the hospital.

25 people have died in the last three years because they believed in Jharfuk instead of going to the hospital. Although it is the government's policy that no snakebite patient should die after reaching the hospital, some people in the district have died due to being bitten by snakebites, while others have to be euthanized even after identifying the snake and reaching the hospital.